Re: git push remote syntax

2016-11-07 Thread Jeff King
On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 01:49:40PM +, Diggory Hardy wrote: > One thing I find a little frustrating about git is that the syntax needed > differs by command. I wish the 'remote/branch' syntax was more universal: The reason it's not is that "remote/branch" refers to a branch in your local repo

git push remote syntax

2016-11-07 Thread Diggory Hardy
Dear all, One thing I find a little frustrating about git is that the syntax needed differs by command. I wish the 'remote/branch' syntax was more universal: > git pull myremote/somebranch complains about the syntax; IMO it should either pull from that branch (and merge if necessary) or complai